Kohlrabi

Kohlrabi

I plan to tell you about public education in Idaho and the critical importance of the Idaho STEM Center. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math give rise to the acronym STEM. An acronym is an abbreviation that forms a word, not to be confused with an initialism,...
A Country Divided

A Country Divided

I watch with great trepidation as our country struggles to fulfill the original premise of our founding fathers. Our constitution states, “No person shall be denied the equal protection of the law nor be subjected to segregation or discrimination in the exercise or...
Extinct

Extinct

I wanted to tell you about the Harpy eagle. It is one of the largest and most powerful raptors on earth. It is native to the rainforests of Central and South American. It is named after the harpies of Greek mythology, evil wind spirits with the face of a woman and the...
Vowels

Vowels

Nancy Choules is retiring on March 31 from First Interstate Bank. The party to send her off was a wonderful tribute. Nancy is the person with a constant smile on her face, bastion of positivity, a fun sense of humor, fierce loyalty, wicked smart, logical, committed,...
Miscellaneous Madness

Miscellaneous Madness

Generally some topic comes top of mind each week that I want to learn more about or share in my message. This week I have been deluged with an atmospheric river of thoughts. I won’t share all of them with you. Let me start with, how great is March Madness. I filled...